Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Is there HOPE???, 0 by bluemerle

bluemerle wrote:
Thank you for the information, but I think my pup is dead.
What did I do wrong? As suggested, I cut away the parent plant to give more room to the pup. I've been growing Bromeliads for about
20 years. I've never had this happen.

Has anyone come up with an ID for this Neuroglia?
This is what it used to look like....
The second pic is my Vriesea splendens that bloomed for the first time in 15 years. It had me worried at first because I couldn't find the new pup on this "upper-pupper".